With the weather shifting from awful to delightful, and wanting to get oot and aboot, photography is always the excuse. As well, I have not been doing much in that arena. When I saw the Lens Artists Challenge #381- minimalist, black and white, I figured one way to get me moving was to edit some of the photos I took when a friend and I went to the settling ponds at a local water treatment plant. It is a dog-free bird sanctuary, and we saw egrets, herons, grebes, and a lot of others. It’s not a well-known place and the only person we saw was a man leaving with a spotting scope. My kind of place.
Now, whether or not these can be considered “minimalist” is up to you, but converted them to black and white, cropped them, sometimes severely to get a closer look, and how they hold up may be a bit dicey. Additionally, I pushed contrast, black and white, as well as dropping some of the highlights for a bit more detail.
Taken with a Canon G7X Mark II camera.
Ink, Yarn & Beer 
Nice B&Ws N! I liked the flower the best.
Nice photos. They are textural, which to me, is better than minimal.
Thanks, Laura Kate! I like very contrasty black and white myself, and like you, the textural effects. It’s fun to play with photos in the digital darkroom. A friend of mine was always frustrated that he never got the “perfect” digital photograph, but once he started doing a bit more editing, the artistic side came out. Knowing you are an artist, I very much appreciate your eye – especially with that shawl you just finished!
Thanks, Anne! Knowing your love of flowers, I am not tooooo surprised!
aw, thank you.